So this is what Xining is really like, it's a pity to just use it as a transit station

Summer capital on the plateau📍Xining should never be just a fleeting glance as a transit or starting station of the big loop. It's beautiful and delicious, and deserves a couple of days for you to savor carefully. Arriving at noon, the City Tour itinerary is set up as follows: 📍Tibetan Culture Museum ⬇️ 📍Nanguan Mosque ⬇️ 📍Dongguan Grand Mosque ⬇️ 📍Xiaonanguan Market A last-minute reservation failed to secure a visit to the Qinghai Museum (make sure to book in advance! Book in advance! Book in advance! Important things must be said three times ) Heading for the Guinness World Record Thangka, we moved on to📍Tibetan Culture Museum. The adult ticket is 60, and the child ticket is half price. You can see several other Tibetan culture-related exhibitions besides the Thangka, and the cost-performance ratio is quite OK. It's recommended to start from the fourth floor with the Guinness Record Thangka. The Thangka, created by 400 painters over more than four years, comprehensively displays the development of the Tibetan nation from perspectives of mythology, history, politics, religion, etc. As the hundreds of meters long scroll unfolds, the exquisite craftsmanship fully reveals the history of the Tibetan nation's development, which is breathtaking! After the Thangka, you can go down the spiral staircase to see permanent galleries themed around 'The Silk Road' and 'Tibetan Plateau Civilization', including Tibetan architecture, calligraphy, costumes, and carpet craftsmanship. Plus, the North Hall Tibetan Medicine Museum is free to visit, and it also takes a good half day to see everything in detail. We were keen on visiting the two mosques, so we had to leave in a hurry in the evening. 🕌Nanguan Mosque is located at No. 23 South Xiao Street in the Chengdong District, within walking distance from our hotel. It can be said that the mosque🕌 is deeply integrated into the marrow of this city: the believers' daily prayers are solemn and serious, yet the square outside the prayer hall is a place where citizens pass the time and children play freely. 🕌Dongguan Grand Mosque is located at No. 34 Dongguan Street in the Chengdong District. From Nanguan Mosque, you can walk🚶to Xiaonanguan Market, the entrance is right on the main street of the market. With over 600 years of history, it is the largest and oldest mosque in Qinghai, and one of the four great mosques in the northwest. It is a sacred Islamic site for holding holy ceremonies and studying sacred Islamic scriptures. Besides its religious status, the mosque itself is a magnificent architectural complex that blends traditional Chinese style with Islamic classic features. The architecture is beautiful, and the order inside is well-organized. When visiting and taking photos, be careful not to disturb the believers in prayer and study, and do not wear shorts🩳, skirts👗, or revealing clothes. After visiting Dongguan Grand Mosque, it's recommended to stroll around📍Xiaonanguan Market. This is also a century-old street. The hundred-meter-long street gathers Hui Muslim flavor food and ingredients, from Qinghai specialty snacks like niangpi, handmade yogurt, and lamb raft, to zongzi, sweet fermented rice, colorful seasonal fruits, and seasoning powders, as if you've entered a sea of colors. In the twilight's glow, a layer of faint gold dust is plated on the dazzling array of colors. Yak old yogurt is sold from five yuan at the storefront to three yuan at the street stalls. For two yuan in the tea shops, you can get a big bowl of sweet fermented rice, which is also a rewarding way to eat when sprinkled on yogurt. The street is crowded with local customers coming and going, but the vendors are not aggressively hawking their wares, and the alleys of the market are not vulgar. Wandering among them, one feels relaxed and happy. Staying in the old city area, these attractions are all within walking distance. 🍴Food recommendations: 1️⃣Qingzhen·Dexiao Kao Meat Shop: Their lamb stew pot is really unique! The crispy and tender lamb paired with crispy and soft potato🥔 chunks and sticky sweet potato noodles, you'll be reluctant to put down your chopsticks🥢 even after leaning against the wall. 2️⃣Huaxin Firecracker Barbecue Noodle Restaurant: A restaurant recommended by locals, the firecracker noodles are super flavorful, and the barbecue is also very fragrant. Located at the intersection of Xiadu Street and Gonghe Road, it's very comfortable to sit outside for dinner, and the cost-performance ratio is extremely high! 3️⃣Qingzhen Cunshou Beef Offal Shop📍No. 11 Huayuan South Street Next to the hotel, we stumbled upon the non-material cultural heritage🥢Qingzhen Cunshou Beef Offal Shop. This neighborhood shop, which has been open for over thirty years, has a strong sense of affection among the diners. Seeing that we were tourists, they enthusiastically introduced us to how to order and how to eat. On a cold morning, soaking naan bread in hot soup, a big bowl of it warms both the stomach and the heart. 🏠Accommodation: It's recommended to stay in the old city area, close to the city attractions and convenient for walking. The cost-performance ratio of accommodation in Xining is very good, chain hotels provide nice services, and usually, you get old yogurt for free when you check in. I'm Ashley, who loves traveling✈️ and photography📷. In the next article, I'll share the second stop on the loop after departing from Xining: the secret realm of Qilian⛰️.

The Christmas Eve platter performance in Xining is here!

Time: Sunday, 2023/12/24 20:00 Venue: Qinghai Grand Theatre - Art Lecture Hall Who says there's no Christmas atmosphere in the great Northwest? Here it comes, the Xining Spring Wave Island, Gua, and Mimi Dream Band concert! Besides watching the performance on Christmas, take advantage of the weekend to check out the local attractions in Xining! 1. Ta'er Monastery Ta'er Monastery is located in Huangzhong County, Xining, with a history of over 400 years. It is one of the important monasteries of the Gelug school (Yellow Sect) of Tibetan Buddhism and the birthplace of Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Yellow Sect. The monastery's architecture is magnificent, its treasures are abundant, and it offers a strong religious atmosphere, making it one of the more popular tourist destinations in Xining. 2. Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum The Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum is a comprehensive museum with a theme of Tibetan medicine and culture. It houses 16 exhibition halls, including the Silk Road and Qinghai-Tibetan Civilization, Panorama of Chinese Tibetan Art Paintings, History of Tibetan Medicine, etc. It treasures the Guinness World Record-holding Thangka masterpiece - 'Panorama of Chinese Tibetan Art Paintings', which is 618 meters long. Planned by the renowned Thangka master Zongzhe Lajie, it was completed by 400 painters over 4 years. The content encompasses the Tibetan understanding of the universe, the formation of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, history, religion, medicine, culture, art, and folklore. The painting is detailed and colorful, a grand spectacle, and is known as a 'contemporary national treasure' and an encyclopedia of Tibetan culture. 3. Riyue Mountain Riyue Mountain is located on the way from Huangyuan to Qinghai Lake and is also a necessary route to Tibet. Legend has it that when Princess Wencheng entered Tibet, she broke the stone mirror that could not reflect her hometown into two pieces, the sun and the moon, hence the name Riyue Mountain. On both sides of the Riyue Mountain pass, there is a small peak with the Sun Pavilion and the Moon Pavilion, two iconic buildings.

Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum

Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum Xining | If you don't take advice and miss visiting the , you'll regret it!! Since you're here, learn a bit * A 618-meter Thangka that set a Guinness World Record in 2000!! The exhibition hall is divided into a south and north hall is the Tibetan Culture Museum, 60 RMB per person, student tickets/half price is the Tibetan Medicine and Culture Museum, free FREE has four floors, it is recommended to start from the top and work your way down, there is an elevator on the right side as you enter √Fourth floor: The huge Thangka that greets you as you enter the exhibition hall is truly stunning, the painting itself has a strong visual impact, but to truly delve into Tibetan culture, ! It is suggested to rent an audio guide on the 1st floor, the tour of the 4th floor takes about 2 hours!! Third floor: Displays a 1:1 replica of the Potala Palace, showcasing the culture of the Silk Road and the Tibetan Plateau √Second floor: The exhibition hall features different regional costumes, all so beautiful, there's too much to see, I fell in love with every outfit /First floor: No exhibition (audio guides available for rent on the 1st floor, 20 RMB per device) * You can't enter after 4 pm!! * The entire tour takes about 4 hours!! * Take advice!! Make sure to go early, take your time to explore and understand, there's plenty of time for taking great photos : Opening hours 09:00-17:00 : No. 36, Jing'er Road, Biological Park District, Chengbei District, Xining City, Qinghai Province

Hidden Gem Recommendation | Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum

📖 This is a museum in Xining that is well worth visiting, especially for those who have never been to Tibet. It offers a detailed understanding of Tibetan culture from various aspects! The exhibits are rich, the text is detailed and easy to read, and most importantly, there are very few people, making it a very comfortable exhibition experience~ 👉2F-【Ethnic Clothing Exhibition Hall】【Card Pad Art Exhibition Hall】🌟🌟🌟 ✅ Ethnic Clothing Exhibition Hall: The exhibition features distinctive ethnic clothing from the Tibetan areas, influenced by the natural environment and lifestyle. It is divided into Wei Zang, Amdo, and Kham clothing, and the differences are quite significant! ✅ Card Pad Art Exhibition Hall: Introduces the unique textile technology from the perspectives of materials, textures, and craftsmanship, which is an intangible cultural heritage. 👉2F-【Tibetan Architectural Art Exhibition Hall】【Tibetan Calligraphy Art Exhibition Hall】🌟🌟🌟🌟 ✅ Tibetan Architectural Art Exhibition Hall: Provides a detailed introduction to the structure of the Potala Palace, and also explains the stylistic features of various architectures including cave buildings, palace buildings, manor buildings, and garden buildings. After visiting, there is a strong impulse to witness it firsthand. 🌟 All buildings are recreated in the form of sand tables and models, making the experience more immersive and intuitive! ✅ Tibetan Calligraphy Art Exhibition Hall: Everything from the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone to the styles of calligraphy is completely different! You can get a clear understanding from here~ 👉3F-【Silk Road and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Civilization Hall】🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 ✅ Starting from ancient times, it tells the history of human evolution, accompanied by the display of cultural relics from different eras, as if walking through a unique history. ✅ The Tuyuhun Dynasty section is very distinctive, recorded on birch bark, while the metal smelting technology represented by Togas, protective amulets Dzi beads, Dorbal... appear right before your eyes. ✅ Highly recommend this museum, it has many first-class museum collections! 👉4F【Color Painting Exhibition Hall】Separate charge of 60 yuan. ❤️ The text explanations are available in four languages: Chinese, Tibetan, English, and Japanese, making it friendly for visitors from different countries! 📍Location: No. 36, Jing Er Road, Biological Park Area, Chengbei District 🕙Visiting Hours: 9:00-17:30 🚶Tour Time: 2 hours 🎫Ticket: Free, advance reservation can be made on Amap

The Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum - An ultimate visual feast of Tibetan culture

👏👏Where can you get a comprehensive understanding of Tibetan culture? It must be the Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum🏚🏚. It covers all aspects of Tibetan culture, and being there is truly a visual feast of Tibetan culture. The museum is located in the downtown area of Xining. If you are traveling to Xining🚕🚕, you definitely shouldn't miss it. The museum is divided into the South Hall and the North Hall. The South Hall is the Tibetan Culture Museum, and the North Hall is the Tibetan Medicine Museum, but let's focus mainly on the South Hall. How to visit🚗🚗 The museum has five floors, with the exhibitions mainly concentrated on the second, third, and fourth floors. The most famous is the 618-meter-long Thangka on the fourth floor, which was created by more than 400 painters over four years. It covers the origins of Tibetan culture, history, Tibetan medicine, Tibetan Buddhism, and more. The entire floor is dedicated to this Thangka, which is quite spectacular. On the second and third floors, there are mainly displays of Tibetan historical culture, Tibetan costumes, and Tibetan architecture. What impressed me the most were the Tibetan costumes, with mannequins wearing different regional Tibetan costumes from the Wei, Amdo, and Kham areas, as well as different sects of Tibetan Buddhism, which are particularly exquisite. Tickets💵💵 The ticket for the South Hall is 60 yuan, and the opening hours are from 9:00 to 17:00. I think it is worth the price to go and see. Other📕📕 Inside the exhibition hall, there is an electronic guide rental for 25 yuan each time, and there is also a Thangka painting experience. The nearest place to the exhibition hall is the Chengbei Wanda where you can go for a meal after visiting. Overall, a visit should take about three hours. In summary, the Tibetan Culture Museum is a very worthwhile place to visit. Once you go there, you will feel the profoundness of Tibetan culture. Highly recommended.

Stunning - Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum

The Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum, located in Xining, is the largest Tibetan culture museum in China. Tickets are 60, it might be cheaper to buy on Gaode, the 618 meters on the fourth floor is famous nationwide, it's really stunning. The ethnic costumes on the second floor are also very beautiful, you can see that there are subtle differences in the costumes of each place. The neighboring Tibetan Medicine Culture Museum, which does not charge admission, just make a reservation at the door, there are three floors in total, if you have time, you can take your time to visit, especially the health preservation part, from embryo to death, you can understand the attention to physical health among different ethnic groups, it's very interesting.

Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum

The Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum is the only comprehensive museum in the world that collects, protects, displays and studies Tibetan culture. It is divided into two museums, the south museum is themed on Tibetan culture, and the north museum is themed on Tibetan medicine. The second floor of the South Museum has Tibetan costume hall, Tibetan card cushion hall, Tibetan architectural art hall and Tibetan calligraphy art hall, the third floor is the Silk Road and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau civilization hall, the fourth floor has a painted grand view hall. The painted grand view hall displays the longest Thangka in the world that has won the "Guinness World Record" - the grand view of Chinese Tibetan cultural art painting, which is 618 meters long and 2.3 meters wide. This Thangka was meticulously painted by more than 400 top craftsmen in Tibet over a period of 4 years, using pure natural minerals such as gold, silver, coral, pearl, gemstones and plant pigments such as saffron, madder, rhubarb, etc. The colors of the painting are bright and never fade. This scroll takes the history of the Tibetan people and the origins of the various sects of Tibetan Buddhism as its main line, showing Tibetan Buddhism's understanding of the formation of the universe and the earth, the emergence of human beings and social changes, and its understanding of the future world. The North Museum has a Tibetan medical history exhibition hall, a Mandala and surgical instrument exhibition hall, an ancient literature exhibition hall, and a Tibetan medicine specimen exhibition hall. In the Tibetan medical history exhibition hall, you can understand the world view, mind and body view, health preservation view of Tibetan medicine, the types and effects of Tibetan wine and tea, various methods of physical exercise and mind cultivation, unique therapies such as bloodletting, moxibustion, cupping, Homa, fire moxibustion, etc., the Buddhist view of life and death, the funeral culture of the Tibetan people, astronomical calculations, etc. In the North Museum, you can also appreciate a special and vivid teaching tool that appeared in the history of Tibetan medicine development - Mandala. "Man" means "medicine" or "drug", and "Tang" is the abbreviation of "Thangka" unique to Tibetan culture. Mandala makes the profound content of Tibetan medicine more concrete and vivid, which is a miracle in the history of medicine. The North Museum also displays the largest handwritten copy of the "Four Medical Classics" in the world. The "Four Medical Classics" (AD 773~783) is a classic in the treasure trove of Tibetan medicine, and its advent marks the formation of the Tibetan medical system. The museum has too much content to display, and half a day's time is very tight. It is opposite the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Natural Museum. If you have a whole day, you can see the two museums together, and experience the Tibetan meal at the Tibetan Culture Museum at noon, it would be perfect.

Educational Tibetan Cultures Museum

It's a good place to educate people who love Tibetan Cultures like me. Take a taxi to go there and you pay 60 Yuan for the admission fee and have a magical day

Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum, also known as Qinghai Tibetan Medicine Culture Museum, is located at No. 36 Jinger Road, Chengbei District, Xining. It is the only museum in the world with the theme of Tibetan medicine culture. It is also a comprehensive museum for collecting, protecting, displaying and studying Tibetan culture. . With a collection of 40,000 pieces of cultural relics, it is a private museum featuring Tibetan medicine and Tibetan culture. The most worthwhile in the museum is the world's longest Thangka masterpiece, "Chinese Tibetan Culture and Art Painting Grand View". This huge long scroll with a length of 618 meters, a width of 2.5 meters and a picture of 1500 square meters has won "Guinness World Record" certificate. There are more than 700 Thangka and more than 3,000 different pile embroidered patterns on the whole long scroll. All the pictures are colorful and magnificent, which is amazing!